The act
You will notice Kari & Gar pairing varied guitar tunings with violin, giving their wedding sound an individual acoustic texture. Their repertoire includes quality original songs alongside traditional material, fiddle tunes and selected covers. That mixture gives you a choice between a set centred on the duo's own writing and one that includes traditional material or covers. Longer café style formats can contain two or three 45 minute sets for an extended, relaxed occasion. Their strongest quality is the blend of guitar, violin and original songwriting, with enough repertoire to support more than a brief feature across the day.
See Kari & Gar play
Watch Kari & Gar perform and get a feel for their sound, style and fit for your wedding.
What it costs
Pricing
Quote on enquiry
For your exact date, venue and running time, we send an itemised quote.
Pricing is confirmed before anything is booked. GST and travel are shown clearly on the quote.
Good to know
What to expect
Kari & Gar play their own material, and there's plenty of it. Guitars in a spread of different tunings with a violin sitting over the top, which gives the songs a shape you don't hear often. For a restaurant or a similar room they change tack, mixing the originals with traditional tunes and covers so the set sits more comfortably behind conversation and a meal.
On the day
Sound needs are light. One microphone and one DI. Then the fiddle wants either a second mic or a DI of its own, whichever your desk copes with better. That's the lot. They'd rather the monitor mix matched what's going out front, for the obvious reason that they play better when they can hear themselves properly. For local gigs and restaurant work they'll bring a PA of their own.
Performance options
Festival programmers can have them twice in one day if the schedule wants it, and they're keen on support slots ahead of other performers, which usually runs to about 45 minutes of original material. Restaurants get a longer night: three sets of roughly 45 minutes, or something close to that shaped around your service times.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured.